Post-injury Care and Recovery Tools

The Post-injury Care and Recovery (PICAR) team has developed evidence-based tools and online resources, including a website, for parents and healthcare providers. Parents and pediatric health care providers have been involved in the development of these materials at every step of the way to ensure they are clear and useful for parents and families.

For Parents

AfterTheInjury.org
The Center for Injury Research and Prevention at CHOP spent a decade creating this award-winning site to help parents understand their children's emotional reactions to injury. AfterTheInjury gives parents the tools they need to help their child fully recover after an injury

Parent Tip Sheets
The experts behind AfterTheInjury.org and HealthCareToolbox.org have developed printable parents and child tip sheets that provide basic information on positive recovery, self-care, and common reactions to injury. Most are available in both English and Spanish.

• After the Injury (Después de la lesion):
  Helping My Child Cope (Cómo ayudar a mi hijo a sobrellevar la situación)
        English
        En Español
  Tips for Kids
        English
  Helping Myself Cope
        English
• At the Hospital (En el hospital):
  Helping My Child Cope (Cómo ayudar a mi hijo a sobrellevar la situación)
        English
        En Español
  Helping My Teen Cope (Cómo ayudar a mi adolescente a sobrellevar la situación)
        English
        En Español
• After the Hospital (Después del hospital):
  Helping My Child Cope(Cómo ayudar a mi hijo a sobrellevar la situación)
        English
        En Español

For Healthcare Providers

As Healthcare providers, you can help parents help their children recover from an injury. In addition to sharing your knowledge about traumatic stress reactions with parents, let them know about www.AfterTheInjury.org. You also may want to download helpful patient care tools such as an information prescription, a sample discharge letter, and patient handouts:

For more information and training tools for pediatric healt care providers, please visit Health Care Toolbox: Your Guide to Helping Children Cope with Illness and Injury at www.HealthCareToolbox.org.

• Information prescription form (ready to print on standard template- Avery 5315)
• Sample email reminder to parents
• Reminder cards for parents (ready to print on standard business card templates- Avery 5371, 8371, or 8871)
  Handy wallet-size cards help parents remember this useful resource when they need it.
• Patient handouts
• Discharge letter (sample text)
  Some Trauma and Orthopedics services have found it useful to add a brief statement to the discharge letter that is routinely sent to the patient's primary care provider (PCP), encouraging follow-up about psychosocial recovery at the patient's next visit. Sample text can be adapted for use with your hospital's discharge letter. Materials that may be included with the discharge letter include:
  • ​Primary Care Provider brochure
  • After The Injury: Helping My Child Cope
• Flyer/poster for waiting room
  Post this flyer in your waiting room or give to parents who want additional information about the After The Injury website.
• Pocket Guide for Healthcare Providers

For Brain Injury Advocates and Stakeholders

• Congressional Testimony on Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
  In Spring 2012, CIRP Founder and Scientific Director Flaura Winston, MD, PhD testified before the Subcommittee on Health of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives about traumatic brain injury in children. Dr. Winston's testimony recommended a public health framework to reduce the number and severity of pediatric brain injuries.
  Download a PDF of Dr. Winston's testimony